Trail Update Four: Failed Hitchhikes, Five Guys, and Floods

I made it out of the Smokies with only a partial day of bad weather! Still feeling great, and I can’t believe I am in week four already.
Sunday April 14th: Day 16
My day off at the Fontana Hilton shelter (it has showers!) was a great idea, and I missed a whole day of terrible weather at the start of the Smokies. All the weather alerts warned about dangerously high winds above 3500 feet, which is essentially lower than all the peaks I planned to spend the next week crossing. ...

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TecTecTec Ult-X Laser Rangefinder Review

TecTecTec Ult-X Laser Rangefinder Review TecTecTec Ult-X Laser RangefinderGrade: ATeacher’s Comments: Quickly finds the flagstick; ... Read more.

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Kentwool Tour Profile Socks

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Sorry Virginia, but I Hath no Blues!

Week 9, day 58-64
I last left y’all on a post zero day with a plan or perhaps a crazy scheme following a crazy weather system. We named it a weekathon – that’s to say after the weather threw us an unexpected yet appreciated zero the tramily vowed to hike a marathon every day for a week!

Prior to this, personally I’d never hiked more than 25 miles in one day on the AT. I’d actually hiked a total of only four days of 25 miles or slightly more. ...

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The Continental Divide Trail, or Righting The Wrongs Of The Past……..

When we last met I had just discontinued my thru-hike of the Appalachian trail. Needless to say, I should have gone with my initial instinct and hiked the Continental Divide Trail.  In my defense, the whole thing played out differently in my head and I made a mistake. Now it's time to right past wrongs and hit the trail again.

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An Unruly Urge – How my Life Led to the Trail

The morning we drove into Baxter State Park to summit Katahdin, the sky unloaded on us. First with rain, then with hail. Fat chunks of ice drummed the roof of Ol’ Man’s utility van. From my seat in the back I watched as the barrage pelted the windshield, obscuring the dark road ahead. This was the day that I would begin my Southbound Appalachian Trail thru-hike.
Hiking the A.T. was not a childhood dream of mine, ...

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Golf Association of Michigan History 1940 – 1949 #GAM100

Golf Association of Michigan History 1940-1949 #GAM100 – Belvedere Golf Club in Charlevoix, Favored Host ... Read more.

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